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Detroit, MI: Robinson & Burtenshaw, 1880. Original document. Fine. The face of this palm card, printed in blue, shows two women in Victorian dress, approaching a third woman who greets them from her porch. The verso contains promotional text, in part: "...Bridget heard one of the visitors say that her husband had sent her one of Worth's dresses from Paris, which cosst seven hundred and fifty dollars....She had found more worth and real comfort in one pair of Goodyear Welted Shoes...." 3.25" x 5.25

Rochester, NY: The Rural Home, 1876. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8pp, folio (19" x 14"); pictorial banner, woodcut views in text. Articles include: Among the Farmers of Monroe; Sanitary Effects of Sewaged Farming; Stock Husbandry; A Young Nursery; Rochester Business University; Days and Nights at Rice Lake; A Woman in the Far West; The Housekeeper; etc., plus illustrated ads for farm implements, etc.

1894. Original manuscript. Very Good. On letterhead of Pastor's Study, First Presbyterian Church, Freeport, Ill. Addressed to Mr. D.S. Bobb, Dakota, Ill. One page, octavo. In part: "...On account of being obliged to supply an operator and to rent a steriopticon, I am not able to give the lecture on my bicyce ride through England for less than $25....I have appointments for ten or twelve lectures...." Signed, Edgar P. Hill. In the original mailing envelope. [Dr. Hill was born in Illinois in 1861, and was graduated at Williams College and McCormick Seminary. He served churches in Chicago and Freeport, Illinois, as well as in Portland, Oregon. In 1918, he became General Secretary of the Presbyterian College & Education Board. The addressee, Dr. D.B. Bobb, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Illinois with his parents in 1845, was graduated from Chicago Medical College and Linn University, and moved to Dakota, IL in 1867, built up a fine practice, fathered two children including Dwight, &c. (Tilden, History… Read More

Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1882. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 12pp; 8 figures in text. Offprint from the AAS Proceedings for October, 1882. Putnam examines the use of copper by ancient Mexicans before the time of Cortez, especially the archaeological finds of copper axes and scrapers. 9.75" x 6

Boston: Boston Music, 1944. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Very Good. 59pp; illus from photos of rodeos, etc. Contains lyrics, music and guitar charts to 21 cowboy songs, most written by Sterling Sherwin. 11.75" x 8.75

Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1933. First Edition. Printed Self-wrappers. Fine. 4pp, printed on folio leaf and folded twice to 11" x 7.5". This prospectus offers limited editions of Porter's book, some signed, with two pages of text from the book, and a list of previous Harrison of Paris publications.

Northampton, MA: Smith College Library Friends, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 24pp, colophon; 7pp illustrations. Bound in pictorial gray wrappers. 9" x 6" This is one of 2,000 copies of this work, designed by Elliot Offner and Ruth Mortimer, and printed at the Rosemary Press.

Washington DC: [USGPO?], 1889. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 15pp, drop-title. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.75" x 5.5" Stewart (1827-1909), American lawyer and politician, left Yale University in 1850 to join the Gold Rush to California, soon moving on from San Francisco to begin mining in Nevada City, California. By 1860, he had gone on to Virginia City, Nevada, where he helped develop the Comstock Lode and took part in drafting a constitution for the new state of Nevada (1864). By 1903, he was one of the richest men in the Senate, a silver-mine owner with estimated net worth of 25 million dollars. Beyond money matters, he is recognized as the author of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

York, Penna: Farquhar Products, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 27pp; illustrated throughout, some color. Contains detailed descriptions of Iron Age "Victory" pumps, sprayer engines, orchard sprayers, truck sprayers, row crop sprayers, high-pressure tractor-mounted sprayers, horse-drawn engine driven sprayers, etc. Bound in pictorial wrappers with photos of products in use on front and back covers. 11" x 8.5

1890. Original manuscript. Very Good. 2pp on two leaves of Campbell's Executive Department letterhead with an engraved view of City Hall. He addresses the editor as an old friend, congratulating him "upon the magnificent improvements just made to the Chronicle...," noting "the evidence of prosperity" and "your ability and peculiar adaptability for the paper and place...." Most of this letter centers on Mayor Campbell's political career, in part, "...I was asked to head the ticket this spring, to redeem the city from Democratic rule, with a majority of 635 staring me in the face...." He goes on to tell of "an annexation bill (which I strongly favored)....But it is not choice amusement to fight two campaigns in six weeks...in a city of 54 square miles...and yet I had 53 more votes than the next highest man on the ticket...," &c., &c. Dated 21 April 1890. 8.25" x 10.75". Neat archival repairs on verso, accompanied by the soiled and worn mailing envelope.

Pittsburgh, Pa. & Buffalo, N.Y.: Axtell, Bush & Co, 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 24pp, folio; occasional illustrations in the text. Topics in this issue include: The Reach of Chicago Cattle; Domesticated vs. Wild Meats; Breeding Horses; Swine Department; Sheep Husbandry; The Wool Trade; Dairy Department; Poultry Department; Tobacco in Western Pennsylvania; Veterinary Column; Horticulture; The Household; Angus Bulls; letters and literary contributions from readers; many illustrated adverts. 15" x 11", folded once for mailing.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1920. Third Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Very Good. pp: xvi,, 333 with index; 175 illustrations from photographs and drawings. Bound in decorated tan cloth, stampted in black and red. 8.25" x 5.5" This informative Lippincott farm manual includes mules, draf t horses, and ponies--their care and breeding as well as their use in transportation.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1866. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 47pp; neatly stapled into manila covers. 8.5" x 5.25" Carey challenges McCulloch re any "plethora of paper money" of which McCulloch speaks. Includes Carey postscript of 2/17/66. H.C. Carey, son of Philadelphia publisher Matthew Carey, was the head partner in Carey & Lea, and later a political economist who wrote many works on the subject [see Appleton, Cyclopedia of American Biography].

Philadelphia: American Iron and Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 24pp. Printed brown wrappers; removed from a nonce volume, back cover gone; spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5

Rahway, NJ: Union Democrat Press, 1899. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. (10)pp; two small views from photographs, full-page portrait of Rev. John A. Liggett. Bound in light-green textured wrappers, gilt lettering and ornaments on cover. Covers slightly tanning. 8" x 6

1897. Original manuscript. Very Good. 3-1/4pp, folio, written clearly on lined paper. Stauffer orders that upon his death, "...my body be decently interred in a Christianlike manner"; and that his debts and funeral expenses be paid at once; that money he loaned out be collected to pay for a farm that he bought from the estate of John L. Brandt; that his interests in a woodlot in West Hempfield be sold; that his estate remain intact "...as a whole, to be managed and controlled by my dear wife Ella H. Stauffer..."; that each of his sons be given "...a buggy, sleigh, horse, harness and blankets...," and two hundred dollars; &c. Dated 13 December 1897. Signed by Stauffer. Witnessed by Abram Young and S.R. Zug.

Cincinnati: Lois Music, 1947. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 33pages, portrait and six illustrations from photographs. Inside the cover is a summary of Copas's career to 1947. Contains words and music to 15 songs written or co-written by Cowboy Copas, including: Are You Honest; Dolly Dear; If I Bring Home The Bacon; My Blues Are Gone; Night Plane To Memphis; and ten more. In the original pictorial covers, 12" x 9" Cowboy Copas (1913-1963) was born Lloyd Estel Copas in Muskogee, Oklahoma. During his career, he appeared on more than 200 radio stations as well as the Grand Ole Opry, and recorded many songs. Copas was killed in the same plane crash that took the life of Patsy Cline.

London: John Richards, 1841. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. Very Good. 22pp, neatly removed. 9.5" x 6" Passed by the 4th session of the 13th Parliament in the reign of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.

Lake Mills, Michigan, 1855. Original manuscript. Good. One page, written in a legible hand; margin torn away below signature. Apparently written to her daughter (addressed as "Duck") who is visiting the Blackmar family. She is needed at home to work. "Bill agreed to send you down in the stage. We have just so much to do before we move. I want you and Mrs. Blackmar hired girl to go to the store and get 2 yards (of gingham). It was 11 cents a yard. I send postage stamps. It is for your dress. It is in the block where Peabody's store is, only the corner store." 7.25" x 7.75

Albany: State of New York, 1920. First Edition. Printed Self-wrappers. Very Good. 57pp. Removed from bound volume of pamphlets: three small stab-holes in spine. 9" x 5.75" "Became a law May 24, 1920, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.